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KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations
Recommendation
6: Government
should establish
a network of
independent
consumer
information
hubs, which
would provide
information about net zero,
consumer protections and offer
tailored advice.
Recommendation 7: The net
zero delivery authority should
work with local authorities and
relevant businesses, such as energy
suppliers, to deliver a public
GOVERNANCE Training courses currently available information campaign about the
Key findings at post-16 education level must in path to net zero.
Government must move towards future equip individuals with the Recommendation 8: Government
a connected, cross-departmental skills to enter net zero industries, and should introduce measures to
approach to policymaking to deliver be co-designed with local business incentivise homeowners to adopt
its net zero targets effectively and leaders. low carbon heating, energy and
consistently across the UK. Government must provide transport early, at key points such as
Net zero delivery must become an clarity on its roadmap to net zero home renovation or sale.
integral part of government policy for businesses, public sector
across all departments, coordinated organisations and skills providers BUSINESS MODELS
through long-term strategies and the to be able to invest in training Key findings
carbon budgets. programmes, apprenticeships and Government strategies need to be
Local government must play a key conversion courses, in order to fill long term (beyond election cycles)
part in the delivery of net zero. skills gaps and provide the jobs with sustainable, multi-year funding
Local government, enterprise needed for the net zero transition. settlements.
agencies and partnerships must be A net zero delivery authority will
enabled to feed into national net zero Recommendations help drive an enabling business
policy, acting as a gateway between Recommendation 4: As part of its environment for net zero delivery.
local actors and national strategies. approach to delivering net zero, the The transition to net zero must be
net zero delivery authority should fair and just, ensuring that no one is
Recommendations work with local partners to inform left behind, fuel poverty is properly
Recommendation 1: Government comprehensive net zero skills plans addressed, and new net zero
should adopt a Net Zero Test across based on targets set by government. technologies are accessible to all.
all departments, as well as agree Recommendation 5: Government
and publish whole-of-government must provide stronger regulation of Recommendations
metrics on the delivery of its net new and improved skills standards Recommendation 9: Government
zero targets. in addition to incentives to expand must give the net zero delivery
Recommendation 2: Government and equip the workforce needed to authority the mandate to be
should establish a net zero delivery deliver net zero. involved in long-term strategic
authority to facilitate the delivery of energy systems planning, including
net zero strategies in order to meet PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT working closely with Ofgem.
the UK’s 2050 net zero target. Key findings Recommendation 10: A government-
Recommendation 3: Central Businesses and government must backed pilot study should be carried
government should provide local make links with the organisations out before 2025 to establish how
government with the appropriate that consumers trust to give them local and combined authorities can
mandate and resources to deliver impartial, well-informed advice. be given the resource and mandate
net zero in their area. Decarbonisation of heating and to build and deploy their skills
power will require local authorities, and capacity to deliver net zero,
SKILLS AND STANDARDS social housing providers and others in coordination with the net zero
Key findings to deliver on a street-by-street basis delivery authority.
More attention to net zero skills where appropriate – the delivery Recommendation 11: Government
must be paid at primary and authority can coordinate this work must cease incentives which lock in
secondary education, in order to with local partners. reliance upon fossil fuels, instead
raise awareness of new possibilities Government must embed fairness shifting focus to making the unit
and prepare pupils for the future and justice into the decarbonisation price of zero-carbon forms of energy
world of work. transition. more affordable.

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